sluggo wrote:I bet BD gets it (maybe spelt Oxún in Brasil)Or I could have tossed in a link. Check out the holy-day.

Oshun-

SYMBOLS: Metal fan, brass bracelets worn by priestesses, pot of honey, rainbow, golden chain which ties all her people together, shells, yellow scarves, mirrors, the river Oshun. all flowing water, the number 5 and multiples of 5.

Need I say more?

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compaired to what lies inside us." R.W.E.

sluggo wrote:I bet BD gets it (maybe spelt Oxún in Brasil)Or I could have tossed in a link. Check out the holy-day.

Oshun-

SYMBOLS: Metal fan, brass bracelets worn by priestesses, pot of honey, rainbow, golden chain which ties all her people together, shells, yellow scarves, mirrors, the river Oshun. all flowing water, the number 5 and multiples of 5.

skinem wrote:Ahhh...southern tea--nectar of the gods and not for those with weak constitutions nor with a history of diabetes in the family. You can tell a Yankee (anyone not from the South) visiting the south when they ask for tea specifying that it be iced. Everyone down here KNOWS that iced is the way it was meant to be served! And to specify "non-sweet" tea is to admit to a weakness in constitution if not character.

I was in California 5 years ago and asked for tea. The waitress asked, "hot or cold?"

Toto, I've a feeling we're not in the South anymore!

I DID know better than to specify "sweet tea", knowing they weren't going to have it.

As we are moving to South Mis this coming Spring I am serving my redneck apprenticeship so the score is important. I do have to thank Dr Goodword for his Southern dictionary, it has been a great help. As have the regular supplies of grits(Cannot get them in Scotland) and Folger's coffee that friends send us.

Jackie, welcome soon to what some refer to as the "promised land." (Notice they never tell you who promised it to whom nor what for.)
Welcome to the alpha. If you need any help with translating any "Southernism", you'll find plenty of help here.
I hope your move goes well and that you like it once you arrive.

My score was 66% Southern. I think my score would differ though following an afternoon in the presence of my relatives.

My biggest southernism, which was not on the list, is "pilla" instead of pillow, or "winda" instead of "window". My husband would attest to my inability to say those 2 words right.

As to the content of the test, about 3 of them did not have an answer that really applied to me.

#3, I had a hard time choosing. #4, I say "over there" and not "way over there". #6, I say none of those. (I prefer to just smirk and keep walking. lol) #9, I neither rummage or plunder, so perhaps I should have said option 3. I tend to "look" for things. #14, again I say none of those.

skinem wrote:Ahhh...southern tea--nectar of the gods and not for those with weak constitutions nor with a history of diabetes in the family. You can tell a Yankee (anyone not from the South) visiting the south when they ask for tea specifying that it be iced. Everyone down here KNOWS that iced is the way it was meant to be served! And to specify "non-sweet" tea is to admit to a weakness in constitution if not character.

I was in California 5 years ago and asked for tea. The waitress asked, "hot or cold?"

Toto, I've a feeling we're not in the South anymore!

I DID know better than to specify "sweet tea", knowing they weren't going to have it.

In N.Texas we only drink sweet tea and if you ask for a glass of tea you get iced sweet tea. You have to specify unsweet or hot.
and yeah it true its not for those weak at heart, cuz when you say sweet thats what you get. lol

I did'nt read through all of these posts but does anyone else here ever say "yontu?" as in "do you want to?" and for the monday question on the test...my mom always says mondee or tuesdee. She also says peanit instead of peanut. She grew up in a rural part of pennsylvania. Also, gums(like in your mouth)...I get so annoyed when people say Gooms...do you know anyone else who does that?bye y'all (she says as a former floridean who drinks soda not pop